Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Puerto Montt

Chile

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Puerto Montt / Portus Montt (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Osorno, Punta Arenas, San Carlos de Ancud, Aysén

Neighbouring Dioceses: Osorno (↑), San Carlos de Bariloche (→), Esquel (↘), San Carlos de Ancud (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Carmen (July 16)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1939.04.01: Established as Diocese of Puerto Montt / Portus Montt (Latin) (from Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud)
1939.05.20: Became suffragan of Concepción
1955.11.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Osorno
1963.05.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puerto Montt / Portus Montt (Latin) (with suffragan sees Osorno, Punta Arenas, San Carlos de Ancud and Aysén and lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago)

Contact Info

Address: Benavente 385 piso 2, Puerto Montt, Chile

Phone: 65-252215

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1987.04)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.12.27 – ...):

Archbishop Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez (67)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Puerto Montt (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez (67)
(2019.12.27 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile)

Born:	1959.01.02 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1990.05.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.05.10

Priest of Santiago (Chile) (1990.05.05 – 2014.02.01)

Titular Bishop of Tetci (2014.02.01 – 2019.12.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (2014.02.01 – 2019.12.27)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Chile (2016.11.11 – 2021.07.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Rancagua (Chile) (2018.06.28 – 2019.12.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (2019.12.27 – ...)

Fr. Ricardo Basilio Morales Galindo, O. de M. (53) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.06.11 – 2019.12.27)

Archbishop Cristián Caro Cordero (83)
(2001.02.27 – 2018.06.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Puerto Montt (Chile)

La primacía de Cristo en todo

Born:	1943.02.16 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1973.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.04.14

Priest of Santiago (Chile) (1973.12.23 – 1991.03.12)

Titular Bishop of Arcavica (1991.03.12 – 2001.02.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1991.03.12 – 2001.02.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (2001.02.27 – 2018.06.11)

Archbishop Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M.
(1988.02.08 – 2001.02.27)

Born:	1924.11.28 (Abbazia Pisani, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1949.04.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.02.13
Died:	2017.08.13 (Vicenza, Italy † 92)

Titular Bishop of Pyrgos (1963.12.10 – 1988.02.08)

Vicar Apostolic of Aysén (Chile) (1963.12.10 – 1988.02.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1988.02.08 – 2001.02.27)

Archbishop Eladio Vicuña Aránguiz
(1974.07.16 – 1987.05.13)

Gressus meos dirige

Born:	1911.06.02 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1934.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.10.18
Died:	2008.06.29 († 97)

Bishop of Chillán (Chile) (1955.08.28 – 1974.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1974.07.16 – 1987.05.13)

Bishop Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson
(Apostolic Administrator 1970 – 1974.02.18)

Archbishop Alberto Rencoret Donoso
(1963.05.10 – 1970.05.18)

Ave crux spes unica

Born:	1907.11.12 (Talca, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1939.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.06.01
Died:	1978.07.25 (Santiago, Chile † 70)

Bishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1958.03.21 – 1963.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1963.05.10 – 1970.05.18)

Titular Archbishop of Sila (1970.05.18 – 1976.02.26)

Bishops of Puerto Montt (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alberto Rencoret Donoso (later Archbishop)
(1958.03.21 – 1963.05.10)

(see above)

Bishop Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre
(1939.04.29 – 1957.11.23)

In nomine tuo laxabo rete

Born:	1901.08.18 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1924.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.04.01
Died:	1992.06.18 († 90)

Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud (Chile) (1934.01.22 – 1939.04.29)

Bishop of Puerto Montt (Chile) (1939.04.29 – 1957.11.23)

Bishop of San Felipe (Chile) (1957.11.23 – 1963.04.23)

Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia (1963.04.23 – 1970.12.22)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jorge Maria Hourton Poisson (1969.02.05 – 1974.02.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Virgen del Carmen, Puerto Montt, Los Lagos
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (36)

Osorno (↑), San Carlos de Bariloche (→), Esquel (↘), San Carlos de Ancud (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 17,664 km²

Population: 328,960 Catholics (71.6% of 459,570 total)

Pastoral Centres: 33 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 53 priests (35 diocesan, 18 religious), 34 deacons, 71 religious (19 brothers, 52 sisters), 2 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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